Hebrews Part 3 - 1:2-14

Verse 2-4 • “By his son” – This is the topic of this chapter, Jesus was the Son of God the only begotten of the Fsther – John 1:14,18, 3:16, Heb 1:5. • Only begotten ~only one of its kind~ - Heb 11:17-19, Gen 6:2, Job 1:6, John 1:12, Rom 8:14. • “Whom he hath appointed heir of all things” – Because he is the creator of all things. • “By whom also he made the worlds” – Shows his power as God – Col 1:15, John 1:3, Eph 3:9. • “Who was the brightness of his glory” – John 1:14, Matt 17:1-2, 2Pet 1:16-17, John 12:39-41, Isa 6:1-4,9-10. The flesh was a veil, but his glory still shone through. • “And the express image of his person” – Strongs ~the exact expression of any person or thing, marked in likeness, exact reproduction in every aspect~ Col 1:16 • “Upholding all things by the word of his power” – By him all things exist and consist - Col 1:17, Gen 1, Rev 19:15,21 • “When he had by himself purged our sin” – He was God, he didn’t need help to purge sins. • “He sat down at the right hand of Gods” – Where he is today. (Standing in acts 7:56) • “Being made so much better than the angels” – So much better, no comparison – Col 1;16, Psalm 103:20, Rom 8:38-39, Acts 7:51, • “A more excellent name than they” – Isa 9:6-7. Luke 1:32-33, Phil 2:9-11 Verse 5-7 • “This day have I begotten thee” – At the resurrection - Psalms 2:7, Acts 13:33, Heb 5:5 – His name is not only Jesus but Son – Rom 1:4, Matt 3:17, 17:5 • “I will be to him a Father” – 2Sam 7:13-14 • “And let all the angels of God worship him” – Psalm 97:7, Jon 1:6, Neh 9:6, Luke 2:13 • “And his ministers a flame of fire” - Angels are his ministers – Psalm 104:4, Matt 4:11, Luke 22:43 Verse 8-14 • “But unto the Son he saith” - Contrasting between angels being ministers and the Son be over all. • Vs 8-9 – Psalm 45:6-7. • “Unto the Son He saith…. O God” – Showing Jesus deity. • Vs 10-11 – Psalms 102:25-27, Isa 51:6 • “But thou art the same” – Heb 13:8, Mal 3:6 • Vs 13 – Psalm 110:1 • Vs 13-14 – The angels do not have a position at the right hand of the Father, they are his ministers. • “Heirs of salvation” Believing Israel – Rom 11:25-27, Isa 62:1. • Conclusion – Heb 2:18